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FeaturesIsle of Wight Festival 2017
This year’s Isle of Wight Festival will be broadcast live on Sky Arts in HD and UHD with 5.1 audio. Will Strauss learns how the OB team plan to deliver TV’s most immersive festival experience ever.
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NewsElements ups the ante with increased connectivity
Elements has added 25/100 GbE connectivity to its media server and storage products, and is showing the new capability at the Media Production Show (MPS).
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NewsSaaS content management platform prepped for MPS debut
Visual Data will launch a TV and film content management platform called VIDA at the Media Production Show (MPS)..
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NewsAdamantean adds Payne to bolster broadcast portfolio
Former Azule regional director Duncan Payne has been appointed to the board at finance brokerage firm Adamantean.
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NewsSony teases market with early details about CineAlta camera
Sony used Cine Gear Expo in LA to provide early details of a new CineAlta camera system that is currently under development.
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NewsThe Picture Exchange agrees strategic deal with Jigsaw24
Jigsaw24 has agreed a deal with Cardiff-based The Picture Exchange that will see the two companies work together on technology projects in Wales and the South West of England.
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NewsPanasonic unveils sub-£7k compact cinema camera
Panasonic has given a first public outing to EVA1, a new 5.7k compact cinema camera that has been developed to sit between the Lumix GH5 and the Varicam LT 4K in its product portfolio.
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NewsInput Media sold to broadcast services group
Gravity Media Group (GMG) has agreed a “multi-million pound” deal to purchase the sports producer Input Media.
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NewsJellyfish sets up virtual VFX studios in south London
VFX and animation house Jellyfish Pictures has opened two new studios in South London that will operate on a virtual basis without local hardware.
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NewsSGL merges with media management software firm
Fareham-based content archive and storage management firm SGL has been bought by FPE Capital and merged with Canada’s Masstech.
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FeaturesTeletubbies
Create and deliver all the VFX shots across 120 episodes of the much-loved children’s TV series
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NewsViaccess-Orca acquires OTT software firm
Orange-owned Viaccess-Orca has bought the OTT video software start-up Squadeo.
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NewsFirst shows confirmed for re-vamped TV Centre
Strictly Come Dancing spin off It Takes Two and ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show will be among the first productions to use the re-vamped studio and post-production facilities at Television Centre, it has been announced.
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NewsAdditional studio added to Dock10
Dock10 in Salford has opened a new TV studio that is suitable for green screen work or productions using small sets.
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NewsSpaceCrate to debut at MPS
The Media Production Show will host the first public exhibition of a fully operational SpaceCrate, the professional specification creative space built inside a shipping container.
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NewsRohde & Schwarz snaps up IP networks technology firm
GMIT, a subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz, has acquired the IP networks transmission technology developed by fellow German firm Motama.
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NewsVFX sector slams Tory visa proposals
The chief executive of the UK Screen Alliance Neil Hatton has condemned a Conservative Party proposal to double the Immigration Skills Charge levied to employers, declaring that it will impact on the VFX sector’s global competitiveness.
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NewsSpace Studios Manchester eyes next expansion phase
The £14m expansion of Space Studios Manchester may not yet be complete but discussions about further extending the studio complex are already under way, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsNew name for Manchester studio facility
The Space Project production facility in Manchester is being re-named as Space Studios Manchester from this week.
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NewsFilm lab to open at Pinewood
An increase in the use of celluloid film for acquisition in the movie industry has prompted Kodak and Pinewood Studios to open a film negative processing lab.